Elly De La Cruz

Elly De La Cruz is a Diamond 85 OVR Shortstop card for the Reds, part of the Live set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He is a switch hitter. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in April 2026.

At the plate, Elly De La Cruz's standout tools are 96 Contact, 92 Arm Strength, and 85 Speed. His profile leans toward contact hitting. Notable quirks include Rally Monkey.

Elly De La Cruz is eligible at 2 positions, and DiamondOps scores each one separately: Shortstop (77.1) and Designated Hitter (71.8) on All-Star. The card is strongest at its listed position, Shortstop, at every difficulty. At Shortstop the card scores 77.1 on All-Star, 76.1 on Hall of Fame, and 74.8 on Legend — it keeps 97% of its All-Star value at the top difficulty, which is unusually durable. Among Shortstops the card ranks #115 on All-Star and #124 on Legend.

On the Diamond Dynasty market, Elly De La Cruz currently buys for about 3,335 stubs, with sell orders near 0 stubs. Over the past 7 days the buy price has climbed roughly 8%. Its quick-sell value of 3,000 stubs sits at or above the sell price, making it quick-sell viable. DiamondOps suggests waiting for a better entry point.

OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Elly De La Cruz earns an OpScore of 74.8 on Legend difficulty, ranking #1259 among all cards and #124 among Shortstops.

Live Series cards like Elly De La Cruz's are the ones Diamond Radar scores: it reads a player's real MLB production and predicts what the next roster update will do to the card — the predicted rating, the tier jump, and how likely the upgrade is. Ratings only move at a roster update, and not every Live Series card is scored in a given window. Model v11: of the 162 cards it scored 70 or above in its 1 graded update, 72% were upgraded, against 21% by chance: 3.5× better.